Tooth Fairy for a 13 Month Old?

What is it about the 3rd kid?  Myles is such a joy to have in our family however, it seems I have been asking myself lately what the difference is with this child.  Maybe it is because there has been too much time between the other kids and Myles, and my memory is short or maybe it is because I am busier now and I can't keep track of his every little move, but this kid keeps me running.  He is constantly in drawers and cupboards and pulling things out, he loves the toilet, bathroom cabinets, and the washer and dryer, he is a climber and tries to climb up on anything that is low enough to get his leg up onto.  It pretty much seems like he likes everything that isn't a toy and everything that he shouldn't be playing with.  Plus he is now walking full time so he just moves around that much faster. Below are some pictures of some of his mischievousness.

Now on to the Tooth Fairy story...  Lynn and I have commented before that we feel like Myles might be the child that is a little more accident prone because he is already showing signs of bravery (i.e. climbing) that we hadn't seen in Madi or Parker at this age. Well, today he proved it.  Parker, Madi and I were out on the back deck cleaning and Myles was busily walking around having fun on the deck.  I had sent Parker to get the broom from the garage and on his way back to the deck Myles saw him on the ground and took off running to get him.  He was running so fast and didn't even look down when he came to the stairs and needless to say, he went a rolling down the stairs.  

It is only 4 or 5 stairs and it looked like he pretty much just rolled so I figured no big deal.  Picked him up, brushed him off and gave him some loves.  Then I saw the blood in his mouth.  Figuring he had just cut his lip or tongue, I thought no big deal and washed out his mouth and tried to clean him up.  However, the blood wouldn't stop coming.  Finally, I pulled down his lower lip and his two cute bottom teeth were pointing forward laying flat down on his gums with the root up and all.  Then the panic hit!  I did pretty well and called Lynn's parents down (sometimes I really love that they live right next door), called the dentist and tried to figure out what to do.  Finally we decided to head to the dentist rather than the emergency room because there didn't seem to be any other injuries besides the teeth.

Peggy drove while I sat in the back seat and held the poor little man and tried to keep him calm.  Once we were at the dentist, he had me lay down in the chair with Myles laying on top of me so that I could hold down his arms.  Dr. Gunnell pulled down his lower lip and said "Yep, we're going to have to pull those out."  Then my tears came.  I had held up pretty well until that point, but the thought of my baby losing his cute little teeth and having a gap in his teeth until he is about 6 or 7 years old just about killed me.  Seems kind of silly now, I know, but I really think I could have handled stitches or a broken bone way better than going through him losing teeth at such a young age.  

Anyway, Dr. Gunnell and his assistants (who I think are awesome!) moved quickly and had the teeth out in about 20 seconds.  One of them came out easily and the other one had to be pulled a little harder.  Myles and I bawled through the whole thing, but once they were done Myles took his binky and started to calm down.  He wouldn't have anything to do with the doctor or his assistants and wouldn't even take a balloon they made for him until we were in the car.  By that night he acted like nothing had happened and besides not being able to eat certain foods, he is right back to normal.  He is such a trooper!

I tried to get some pictures of him that night just to show a little of what it all looked like, but he was not cooperating very well.  So instead you just see his wet shirt.  He seems to be drooling more now that his teeth are gone.  Maybe the teeth also help keep spit in the mouth. :)

This is an old picture from September that shows the cute little teeth. A before picture if you will.

Who would have thought a 13 month old could also be in need of the Tooth Fairy!

To top this all off, just two days before this accident, Myles was in with the eye doctor getting the tubes taken out of his tear ducts.  We had to hold him down while the doctor clipped the tubes and pulled them out.  Hopefully this child won't have a fear of doctors now, with the fun week he has experienced!

LeAvEs

We love fall and our kids absolutely love playing in piles of leaves.  So I took the opportunity the other day to get them dressed up and have a bit of a photo shoot on my own.  I'm always trying to figure out different ways to take pictures and after reading my camera manual for a bit I decided it would be best to just go and try taking some pictures.  So we loaded up in the truck and drove around a bit until we found some great leaf piles.  The pictures were pretty difficult to take and the kids weren't too excited about getting pictures taken again, but they put up with me and gave me a little bit of time to play.  In case you are wondering, I dressed them in the same clothes as our family photos in hopes of getting a good picture of all 3 of them together.  One day I will figure out a way to get all 3 of them to look at the camera at the same time, yeah right!

This one cracks me up.  I thought if the kids would throw leaves in the air it would keep Myles attention for just a second, but oh no the minute they let go of his hands he was making his escape to get to the curb.

Of course we have to end with the goofy faces!

Family Pictures....finally!

After a lot of rescheduling because of weather, work and everything else, we finally got our family pictures taken.  My friend Brigitte opened a photo studio in the mall recently and we hired her to take our family photos.  I think she did a great job especially since Myles wasn't the happiest guy getting the pictures taken, but amazingly enough we got some great smiles from him (maybe not that amazing considering he smiles all the time, but he was pretty ornery during the photo shoot).  Plus the colors were amazing!

I am soooo lucky to have the best family in the world!

Halloween Time!

Who doesn't love Halloween?  I know it is one of my favorite holidays even though it totally stresses me out trying to get costumes put together.  Fall is definitely my favorite season as well and the Halloween candy is always a good bonus.  This is a really long post and I apologize, but I figured it would be easier just to clump the whole Halloween experience into one post.


This year we started out our Halloween festivities by carving pumpkins.  Thanks to Lynn's cousin Whitney for providing us with the pumpkins again.

Myles was very interested to see what was inside.



What is that awful smell?



One last look, I never could get him to look at me.  I guess the pumpkin was way more interesting.

Madi did a great job scooping out the guts.

Parker was very excited to get carving.

On the Friday before the Halloween weekend, the Parker and Madi's school had a Halloween parade to show off their costumes.  I went and helped with parties in both of their classrooms that day and then Myles and I got to watch the parade of all the kids in their costumes.

Tiger Lilly

Darth Vader without the mask.

That afternoon, we went to a nursing home here in town with my friend Amie and her kids, and got to go trick-or-treating.  We haven't ever done this and it was actually a lot of fun.  The residents were sitting outside of their rooms with candy in their laps.  Some handed it to the kids and others just let the kids take a piece.  Some of them were even dressed up a little themselves.  It was great fun and a good experience for the kids.

Stockton, Parker, Myles, Madi, Abbie, forgot the name of Alice in Wonderland and Sawyer is dressed as Woody

Myles absolutely loved his first sucker.

It was adorable to see how happy he was with the treat.

Antonio (say it with an accent)

Then on the Saturday before Halloween day, we went and did our yearly tradition of trick-or-treating in downtown Logan with the Johnson kids.  Julie and I have been doing this for quite a few years now and we always have a great time.  It wasn't the warmest and luckily Lynn stayed home with Myles so that he could have a nap (Myles not Lynn).  Julie also left her youngest home as well and we both commented on how nice it was to not have strollers this year.  It went a lot faster.  Which was good since it started to rain right as we were finishing up.

Parker, Madi, Porter, Lexi and Garrett

Now with masks...Darth Vader, Tiger Lilly, Bumblebee Transformer, Witch and the Grim Reaper

That night we were off to our ward Fall Festival Carnival.  There were some great games and treats for the kids and everyone had a wonderful time.

Madi getting a little assistance at the donut eating contest.

Apparently Parker had a little assistance as well.

The Young Women were in charge of the face painting and did a fantastic job!

Madi at the cake walk, but really they got cookies so I guess it was a cookie walk.

Parker with one of his best buddies, Porter.

Antonio (say it with an accent)

After the ward party, Lynn took the kids trick-or-treating to some of the neighbors and I stayed home with Myles to hand out candy.  Myles was cracking me up because each time I opened the door he would start crawling towards the door as fast as he could and try to escape.  Some of the times he didn't make it in time and I shut the door before he was able to make it out and boy would he throw a fit.  It was really cute.

The weather wasn't the greatest for the Halloween celebrations so I had my kids dress up one last time a few days later just so we could get some more decent pictures. Pathetic, I know.

Antonio (say it with an accent)

Parker, Myles and Madi



Cutest Tiger Lilly I've ever seen.  Luckily her costume was the only one I had to make this year. She had two pumpkins, the one on the left is Sponge Bob that we carved at home and the one on the right is the pumpkin she won in her Kindergarten class.  They carved some in class and then had a drawing to see who got to take it home.

The ferocious Darth Vader

Showing off his lite saber skills.

The kids didn't want me to wash off their painted faces, so I told them I would take a picture of them before we washed. 

Parker's bat.

The flash is always to bright!

This is pretty much how happy Madi was by the end of the day.  Messy face and all.